Iron holder



Dec. '25, 1928.

F. E. BOWMAN ET AL IRON HOLDER Filed Sept. 20, 1926 Patented Dec. 25, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED E. BOWMAN AND GUY F. CAMERON, OF ANCHGRAGE, TERRITORY OF ALASKA;

IRON HOLDER.

Application filed September 20, 1926. Serial No. 136,618.

Theobject of this invention is the provision as at 6. The 'body of the clamp 2 is formed of a holder for irons, either of the ordinary With a soclzct 7, and in this socket there is 01' electfically heated type, in which the iron received one of the offset ends Soi a rod 9.

is supported in a manner whereby the saine The rod 9 may be of any desired length and 5 can be conveniently swung to desired posiis round in cross section. The second end ti rela,tjveto th operactor, of the rod is offset, as at 10, but in an op- A urther object is the provision 01" a l1old posite direction to that of the offset and 8. or for sad irons that Comprises cheaply con The end 10 of the rod is received in a dependstructed removably associated parts to ining socket 11 on the under face of a supclude a clamp Which may be quickly and port 12. The support includcs a member easily attached to a. support, a rod which has Which is shaped to correspond to the shape an offset end that is journaled in a socket in 01 the iron to be sustained thereon but is of 5 the clamp, the second end of the said rod bealarger size than that of the iron; Tlie 'Sup- V ing offsetin an opposite direction and being port 12 has a continuousflange 13 and has r received in a socket in theiron holder proper. its upper face provided at spaced intervals To the attainment of the above recited obwith upstanding lugs 14 whose pper faces jects and others Which Will pressent the1nare fiat and upon Which lugs the iron rests. selves as the nature of the invention is better It is thought that the simplicity and adru1derstood, the improvement :turtl1er resi des vantages of the construction ivill be pe-rfectin certain novel features of construction, co1n ly apparent to those skilled in the art to bination and operative association et parts, a Which such invention relates when the foresatisfactory embodiment of which is illusgoing description is rad in connection with trated by the acco1npanying drawings. the accompanying drawings and that further In the drawings: detailed description will not be required. 25 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improve- Having described the invention, we

ment, with parts broken away and parts in claixnz section. 7 A device for the purpose set torth, com Figure 2 is a top plan view of the iron supprising a C-shaped clamp adapt-ed tobe fiXed port. upon a support and having a socket entering 30 Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line from the top thereof, a rod having its ends f Figure 1, bent at right angles in opposite directions,

lVhen the iron is to be sustained from a verone of said angle ends being adapted to be tical support We employ a. lug 1, such as rcce1ved 1n saad socket, a plate having condisclosed by Figure 1 of the drawmgs. T he t1nuous upstandmgflange to provide a rest 35 lughas ofisetends, and theseendsarescrewed for an iron, and said plate hzi.ving upstandor otherwise attached to a support 2. The ing lugs integrally formed With the base lug is engaged by the opposite jaWs of a sub thereot and a socket which dpends from the stantially U or C-shaped clamp 3. The lowcr base to receive therein the second angle end jaw of the clamp has a tlneaded opening ol the rod.

40 therethrough, and the threads of this opening .ln testimonj whereof we a1iix our signaengage With the threads of a screw 4:. The turcs. screw has a swivel end 5 to contact vvith tire FRED BOV MAN. lug 1, and its opposite or enter end is headed UY F. CAMERON. 

